Knowing Around

We are often content to just know about a person, which may be like "knowing around" him. It is the opposite of knowing him as the vital person he is in and to himself. We can do this same thing with Jesus, about whom we have a few facts and a bit of conjecture. Most are content with such knowledge about or around him. Maybe because it frees us from having to see and touch or feel and understand the person he is, and to whom we might have to respond.